Mossburn Vintage Casks No 42 MacDuff 2008 58.9% ABV

Description

Mossburn Vintage Casks No 42 MacDuff 2008 is a third-party bottling of Highland Single Malt Whisky. It is part of Mossburn’s Vintage Casks range, a collection of Single Malt Scotch Whiskies each issuing from a strictly limited and select batch of casks.

Mossburn Distillers & Blenders

Mossburn Distillers & Blenders is a Scotch whisky project owned by Marussia Beverages, part of the empire controlled by Swedish billionaire Frederik Paulsen. The company is headquartered in Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders on the site of the former Jedforest Hotel. There are plans for a new distillery, called Reivers Distillery, which will be one of the first new distilleries to be built in the Borders for over 150 years.

Mossburn have also established Torabhaig Distillery on the Isle of Skye, which opened in 2017 (the second distillery on Skye after Highland Park). The parent company also own the Kaikyo Distillery in Japan, which produces Hatozaki whiskies. Not content with this, they have also created the peaty Caisteal Chamuis whisky range. The first Mossburn bottlings were released in 2017.

Vintage Cask Bottlings

Building a whisky distillery and waiting for whisky to come online (the spirit has to be aged for at least 3 years before it can even be called whisky) is a long-term project. So, in the meantime, Mossburn have started the ball rolling by bottling a small collection of ever-changing single malt whiskies and two permanent blended malts, an Island and Speyside, with bespoke cask bills. There are also some very limited, occasional, small batch and single cask bottlings.

About Macduff Distillery

The Macduff Distillery is located in the seaside town of the same name on the banks of the River Deveron, next to the Moray Firth. It is a modern distillery, built in 1960, and the whisky produced here is normally bottled as Glen Deveron or The Deveron, a popular brand in Italy. The spirit made here has a beautiful nutty character and good weight. The owners of the distillery are John Dewar & Sons, a subsidiary of Bacardi.

Mossburn Vintage Casks No 42 MacDuff 2008

• Mossburn Vintage Casks No 41 Royal Brackla 2008 is bottled as a 16-year-old whisky.
• Finished in ex Banyuls casks (a sweet red wine from Roussillon, France).
• Bottled at a batch strength of 58.9% ABV.
• No colouring or chill filtration.
• Only 234 bottles were produced.

A rich, textured and subtly indulgent whisky. Available to buy now at Fareham Wine Cellar.